Tharoor quits post & pal Sunanda franchise
Oppn pressure works, PM accepts resignation
New Delhi, April 18
Under fire from the Opposition and his own party for his involvement with the Kochi IPL franchise, beleaguered Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor finally put in his papers late tonight after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave him his marching orders.

Shashi Tharoor after meeting the Prime Minister in New Delhi on Sunday. — PTI

Controversial stint
Opposition hails resignation
Politicians, businessmen rig IPL bids: BJP
Editorial: The IPL mess
Nation page: Team Kochi to stay: Modi

Another bomb found, IPL semis moved to Mumbai
Bangalore, April 18
Explosives continued to pop up in Bangalore’s Chinnaswamy Stadium with one more bomb and three bags full of ammonium nitrate found by the police from the stadium area today.

Nation page: Blast victims doing fine

Chinese hackers attack Indian Embassy website
Moscow, April 18
The website of the Indian Embassy here has been attacked twice by Chinese hackers, prompting the mission to boost its cyber security.

Iran seeks global support for its N-programme
Tehran, April 18
Even as the threat of a fourth round of UN sanction loomed large over it, Iran appeared to have partially succeeded in ending its global isolation on the nuclear issue if one were to draw any conclusion from the two-day international conference on nuclear disarmament which ended in Tehran tonight.

Heat wave: April toll 80, wheat output may be hit
New Delhi, April 18
A severe heat wave sweeping the country, with temperatures of almost 44°, the highest in 52 years, has killed at least 80 persons this month, officials said on Sunday.

Minimum temperature touches 41-year high in Delhi

Gujarat Riots
SIT to question Togadia today
Ahmedabad, April 18
The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has summoned Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international general secretary Praveen Togadia to appear before it tomorrow, for questioning in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riot cases.